Climate averages 1991–2020
Mtwara weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Mtwara: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (59 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mtwara, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mtwara ranks 4th of 43 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 43 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mtwara is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 8.0 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mtwara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 186 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 146 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 182 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May, selected | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.6 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 20.9 | 12.713 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Lindi in MayTanzania · 59 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Masasi in MayTanzania · 159 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Pemba in MayMozambique · 303 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Montepuez in MayMozambique · 343 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Moroni in MayComoros · 371 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Vikindu in MayTanzania · 375 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in MayTanzania · 396 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Kibaha in MayTanzania · 413 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 128 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mtwara) is explained once on the Mtwara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.